Margaret S. Benson, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, and Program Coordinator.
Ph. D., 1990, Penn State University. Teaches courses in Child Development and Ethics. Has been coordinating the delivery of the degree since 1999. Research interests focus on quality early childhood care and education, emerging literacy, and children's skills as narrators. Also directs the HDFS Study Abroad program.

Lee Ann De Reus, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and of Women's Studies.
Ph.D., 1997, Purdue University. Teaches courses on Family Development, and Feminist Theory. Areas of interest/research: women's adult development including identity development, feminist and critical race theory, and liberation pedagogy. She has run the Orphanage Outreach program since its inception in 2001, and is now involved with a program that takes students to Tanzania to both study and work with social service agencies.

Lauren Jacobson, Senior Instructor, Human Development and Family Studies
Ph.D. 1993, Penn State University. Teaches adolescent development, methods, and interventions, and oversees internships. Areas of interest/research: adolescence, with interests in area of athletics and competence, diversity attitudes, service learning and effects of community service; also effects of and attitudes toward co-sleeping and breastfeeding.

Mark O. Jarvis, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies.
Ph.D. 2005, University of Texas at Austin. Teaches interventions and family development. Areas of interest/research: the ways that individuals build lasting romantic and family relationships, the interpersonal and intrapersonal processes that are associated with relationships over time.

Dan Lago, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Ph.D., 1977, Penn State University Teaches Adult development and aging, research methods and introduction to human development and family studies. Areas of interest/research: Applied issues in the delivery and evaluation of services to the elderly in community-based and long-term care settings, staff development issues, and the experience of family caregivers and consumers in working with providers of aging services